NET Linguistics Paper

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Sample questions :
1. Linguists’ interest in animal
communication systems has been
largely fuelled by a desire to compare
such systems with human language
(A) in order to show that there is
no difference in the two
systems and both are
equally effective.
(B) in order to establish only a
link of evolutionary
development.
(C) in order to do the analogical
linguistic analysis of the
animal communication.
(D) in order to show the differences
between the two, and often, by
implication, to show the
superiority of human language
over the communication
systems of animals.
2. Often perceived as individually
discrete units, collectively
comprising the equally discrete
languages of which they are units, are
(A) languages (B) dialects
(C) styles (D) registers
3. Language is
(A) the actual utterances
speakers produce
(B) the bond between the
signified and the signifier
(C) the underlying system on
the basis of which speakers
are able to understand and
produce speech.
(D) the store house filled with
useful and necessary
information preserving
historical accounts.

4. An item of vocabulary with a
single referent whether it consists
of one word or more than one
word, is called
(A) Word
(B) Phrase
(C) Compound morpheme
(D) Lexeme

5. “There is an impression that
writing and speaking are
alternative ways of communicating
in language”. Which of the
following is true in relation to this
statement ?
(A) And so they are, but it is not
important to recognize that
speech is basic, natural and
universal, while writing is
derivative.
(B) And so they are not, but it is
not important to recognize
that speech is basic, natural
and universal, while writing
is derivative.
(C) And so they are, but it is
important to recognize that
speech is basic, natural and
universal, while writing is
derivative.
(D) And they are not, but it is
not important to recognize
that speech is basic, natural,
and universal, while writing
is derivative.
6. Assertion (1) : A major
result of historical and
comparative linguistic
investigation has been the
mapping of the world’s
languages into families and
sub-groupings within these
families.
Assertion (2) : When a
given language has been
shown to belong within the
folds of a particular grouping
as defined by linguistic
relationships indicating a
common descent from an
earlier proto-language, it is
said to have been classified
genetically. Select the correct
from the following :
(A) (1) is true, (2) is false.
(B) Both (1) and (2) are false.
(C) (1) is false, (2) is true.
(D) Both (1) and (2) are true.








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